Two new classrooms being built!

We’re continuing our mission to provide quality education to some incredible children in a very rural community in Arusha, Tanzania where poverty is extremely high.

We are so pleased that the Kitchen Table Charities Trust contributed £11,000 to construct two more classrooms that will educate 90 students! An incredible donation that we are so grateful for!

The construction is going well. As always we are using local labourers and materials. Below you can see the local labourers plastering the classrooms whilst the sun is shining!

Why do we need to build classrooms?
The government recommends 45 students per classroom and teacher. CHETI Primary school currently has 8 classrooms (grades 1-7); every one of them is overcrowded due to the demands of the community and the governments push to get all children into education. The school is suitable for 360 students yet CHETI school is currently educating 603 children (51-102 students per classroom). There are 243 extra children in the school with an ever-growing waiting list of new students.

This is putting children's education at risk causing teachers to become stressed as it is difficult to give each student the required attention. Some students are not attending as they are falling behind in class.

How will this school be sustainable?
* Sponsor a child programme
* Contribution from some parents for small school fees (more than half the price of most private schools). These families are poor, but they have some small income (often because both parents are still alive and within the family household) so there are two incomes coming in. The families will often choose one of their children to go to CHETI school in the hope that they will go onto help bring the family out of poverty.
* Income generation activities

To date, Made With Hope has constructed 11 classrooms in two communities, educating up to 495 children. We have big plans to support 3 new communities and their schools next keep. Keep a look out for our updates!